Anne Hathaway, shown this week at the National Board of Review Awards gala, racked up her second Oscar nomination. / Evan Agostini, Invision via AP

by Donna Freydkin, USA TODAY

by Donna Freydkin, USA TODAY

Her mom played Fantine in a touring production of Les Miserables. And Hathaway, too, is up for portraying a factory worker who struggles to support her daughter. It's Hathaway's second nomination, after 2008's Rachel Getting Married, this time for best supporting actress

"When I got cast, my mother gave me her cast jacket from when she did the tour. I put it on this morning. And I wore it on my first day of filming. I feel like I'm especially sharing it with her," says Hathaway.

This film aside, 2012 was a whirlwind year for the actress. She married actor Adam Shulman, and played Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises.

Does the nomination seem real to her? "Not entirely. I've received an extraordinary and unusual amount of love for playing this character. I'm still processing it. I'm so very grateful for every second. I had hoped to achieve an Oscar nomination in my life but to be 30 and have two - I don't know what energy to thank," says Hathaway.

She's in Los Angeles, where she's attending the Critics' Choice Awards tonight. "Today, I'm going to go on a hike with my two best girlfriends, one of whom is pregnant," she says. "I'm going to gush over her stomach. We'll celebrate later tonight."